Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fatal accidents involving Hawker 800 and 900XP jets have prompted the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to issue ...

The pilots in a deadly business jet crash in Michigan were performing a test flight themselves, following repairs, instead of waiting for a test pilot, when the aircraft plunged into woods near ...

A business jet crashed northeast of Lansing during a post-maintenance stall test on Oct. 16, killing all three people aboard. The regular flight crew, not experienced test pilots, were conducting the ...

Last month we started our look at testing the airplane in slow flight and exploring stall characteristics. We discussed lateral/directional behavior last time, so we now turn our attention to the ...

At around 5:08 p.m. Oct. 16, a Hawker 800XP business jet carrying two pilots and a mechanic took off from Battle Creek Executive Airport (BTL) for a post-maintenance stall test flight, as required by ...